A large-scale, multihabitat inventory of the Phylum Tardigrada in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA: A preliminary report

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 558, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Bartels, Paul J ^a   Nelson, Diane R ^b  

^a WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological inventory; Meiofauna; North Carolina; Southern Appalachians; Species richness; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

CAVES; OCEAN HABITATS; PARKS; SEDIMENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY; MEIOFAUNA; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INVERTEBRATE; MEIOFAUNA; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 29844440554     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1405-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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